Inking arrangement for printing-presses.



. A y B..D. STE\/E Ns. -mKmG ARRANGEMENT ron Palm-ms PRESSES. vLAAPPLlcATloN FILED imi. 9. i916.

51,242,2'591?. l l f Patented oet. 9,1917.

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iBe -zit v.known that I,-B,Ii1i'r fl), ,Srnynng a citizen of the l`United j Startse, residing y at Evanston, in the county ofookjand.State of Illinois, .have l.invented certain new` and usefulvImprovemeitis in Inking Arrangements for Printing-Presses, of `whichthefollowing is a specifica'tioifi. i y

The invention hasl Yto. i do .imore1-zparticularly with a form ofmounting for the inkl distributing *rollsrwliereby' to afford readyaccess to these rolls and also to the under lying distributing and riderrolls for cleaning and other purposes.

The object above noted is obtained by mounting the distributingr rollson av carriage for ready movement from an operative normal positionabove the rider rolls .to a position clear thereof, a temporaryclearance track being provided for the carriage,` which track when notin use can be readily removed out of the way.

In order that the invention may be readily understood by those skilledin the art, a preferred embodiment of the same .is4 set forth in thefollowingdetaileddescription and in the accompanying drawings wherein-Figure 1 is a top plan view showing an embodiment of the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

l Obviously the invention issusceptible of embodiment in other andvarious constructional forms without departure from the vscope thereof,wherefore the drawing and description are to be understood asillustrative rather than as unnecessarily limiting the invention.

rolls that provision is made by the present invention for removing y theupper set of rolls from normal position overlying the lower set to aposition at one side thereof.

Having this objectv in view, the upper set of distributing ink rolls,instead of being 1Apiilicatioiiiiieiiviaiche, 1916.1.;seriaifNoi-saoiimounted fined-*portions of theaink-fsu'pl-V,y

porting Yframe ati 16y :are instead. imounted lina Icai=riagej1=7arrangedcto .trav'elfby meansA` of the` lwheels d8 upona .track 1:9',yth is @track consisting of parallel rails constituted by thelippereedge #of the :frame 116:1' Normally,-

whenl in; operation, the carriage'iis"k ilockedfini positionv ',uponthea #frame known: suitable way.; y n

Toaccommodate the carriage and its load offdistributing rolls-'whenmoved-from 'dior-1 ynial operative positiona clearance track is providedformed of rails 2()v arranged/as a continuationr of the rails 19 andhinged` thereto at 21. The rails 20 constituting the clearance trackare, when in use, detachably held in parallel fixed relation byv meansof a latch device 22 of any well lknown construction. Wheny it isvdesired to gain access to the set of rider rolls 15 the carriage 17y isrelieved from its connection to the frame 16 and rolled to the positionindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 uponfthe clearance track 20.` vWhenthey purposeV of its removal has been accomplished, the carriage isreturned with its load of ink distributing lrolls to the position shownin full lines, the latch 22 is released and the rails 20. may be Vswungupon their hinges 21 to the position indicated in dotted lines inFig. lwhere they will be out of the way.

I claimt 1. In an inking arrangement for printing presses, thecombination of superposed cooperating sets of ink rolls, acarriagemounting for the overlying setof rolls, ya permanent track forthe carriage in the nor- .mal position of the rolls, and a clearancetrack connected with the permanent track for the carriage whereby theupper set can be moved clear of the lower set to afford ready accessthereto, the clearance track eX- tending to one side of thekroll-supporting frame and comprising rail members each forming acontinuation of the correspondhinged thereto for folding to aninoperative position alongside the permanent rails.

2. In'an inking arrangement for printing presses, the combination of'superpo'sed cooperating sets of ink rolls, a carriage-mounting for theoverlying sets of rolls, a permanent track for the carriage in thenormal position of the rolls,4 and a clearance track ing rail member ofthe permanent track and presses, .they combination of super-posedcooperating sets of ink rolls, a carriage-mounting for vtheY overlyingsets of rolls, a permanent trackfor the carriage 1n the normal positionof the rolls, anda clearance track connected With the permanent trackfor the carriage whereby the upper set canbe moved copies'ofi thispatent niay be obtained for clear yof the lower lset to `aiforvd readyaccess thereto, the clearance track extendingy to Vone `side of theroll-supporting frame 'and' comprising` rail members` each forming r acontinuation of the corresponding rail member of the permanent track andhinged thereto for folding in a horizontal plane to an inoperativeposition alongside the per- Y manent rails, Vandl a latch device forreleasably holding the rails of the temporary track in parallelvoperative position; 1

I Iny testimony Whereot I' have' hereunto signed my name 1n the presenceof tWosubscribmg Witnesses. l l

Witnesses: v v LEWIS T. GrRIns'r,` j ,a yCARL l-Inlar'mnson.y

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